McCarthy & Associates challenge was to complete eighteen apartment units in two semi-detached three storeys over basement blocks, which were nearing completion when work was stopped in early 2008 and the development closed up. Design team certification had not been attained in order to facilitate sale of the units. On instruction from the Receiver, McCarthy & Associates contacted the origi…
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The Challenge When McCarthy & Associates were appointed as project managers for the 600-seat food court at Dundrum Town Centre, a design team had already been appointed by the client. Part of our challenge related to clarifying the client brief and making sure that it was communicated clearly and concisely to all members of the design team and the main contractor. With a single overall contrac…
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The Challenge Our challenge was to obtain a clear and defined project brief from our client that incorporated requirements from other medical and dental practitioners to whom the client was sub-letting rooms. This called for close management of the works and the overall project, ensuring the project was delivered on time and within our client’s budget expectations. We also needed to deliver …
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Challenge DHL wanted to consolidate their numerous business centres into a single operational hub within close proximity of Dublin airport. Our brief included sourcing a site that matched our client’s location requirements, and then in turn to find a developer to build and lease to them a bespoke 150,000sq ft building constructed in accordance with their corporate specification (Deutsche Post). …
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The Challenge Our challenge was to take a 147-year old retail institution and refurbish it completely while at the same time reassuring the store’s loyal clientele that it was ‘business as usual’ throughout the entire construction works. We also needed to keep a very tight rein on budget while ensuring that the client ended up with the very high quality end product they required.…
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The project related to an apartment development consisting of 264no. apartments over six blocks, which were partly developed. McCarthy & Associates were initially engaged by the financial institution to review the developers completion budget and in conjunction with the developer, produce and comment on the pros and cons associated with a number of completion options. Following the project ent…
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The Challenge Following a review of a report issued by the stakeholders, which outlined significant issues on a large business park, we were appointed to carry out an appraisal of the development in order to evaluate the construction, planning and other related issues, which potentially negatively affected the asset value of the development. In conjunction with the developer we were requested to p…
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